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Tsumeb.com: Mission Statement

Tsumeb.com is a not-for-profit, collaborative project with the goal of collating and sharing information relating to the famous Tsumeb Mine in Namibia, one of the most diverse and prolific mineralogical localities in the world. The site was launched on February 8, 2016 from which date interested individuals are invited to contribute by submitting verified information and high quality images relating to the mineralogy, geology, history and personalities that define this unique mineralogical occurrence.

Images used on Tsumeb.com are presented with the permission of the owner and/or photographer. Images may not be reproduced from Tsumeb.com without the express permission of the owner, photographer and/or Tsumeb.com management. Likewise, textual information presented on this site may not be copied without the permission of Tsumeb.com management; however, information may be quoted with appropriate citation or acknowledgement.Reproduction or use of the Tsumeb.com logo is prohibited without express permission of the Tsumeb.com management team.

A platform for submission of contributions will be added to the site shortly. In the meantime, please email all correspondence relating to this site to the following address: info@tsumeb.com

A photograph of this specimen is included as Figure 8 (Plate II) in the Palache and Lewis (1927) monograph on azurite crystallography, representing their “Type 4” habit:

“…pseudo-rhombohedral character resulting from the equal development of m (110) and the striated negative orthodome zone. The clinodome zone is prominent.”

The specimen was purchased from a Tsumeb miner (as part of a large collection) by Professor Charles Palache, during his visit to Tsumeb in April, 1922, indicating that it originated from above 8 Level (the lower limit of mine development at the time of his visit). (Harvard University # MGHM 96938).